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Explore New York attorneys like Mary Hornung, Maureen Tighe, Mederic Ethier, Meghan Kearns, Melanie Wojcik, Melvyn Hurwitz, Meredith Vacca, and Nicholas Desibio. in cities like Melville, Albany, Buffalo, Buffalo and Hewlett. These attorneys specialize in Workers Compensation in Zip codes like 11747, 12205, 11557.

Michael Gruber

Neil Diegelman

Michael Gruber

Firm: Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP

551 5th Avenue , New York , New York 10176 Zip code: 10176

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Mr. Gruber, a partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP, handles workers compensation cases for the firm.. He is a graduate of Michigan State University in 1991 and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from The University of Denver College of Law in 1995.. Mr. Gruber has been a workers compensation lawyer since 1996. In addition to litigating workers compensation claims, he oversees the Workers Compensation Appellate Division practice at the firm and has been successful in numerous appeals to the New York State Appellate Division, Third Department.. Mr. Gruber has been the chairman of the Workers Compensation Committee of the Brooklyn Bar Association since 2012. In 2018, he was named a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers. Mr. Gruber is a member of the Injured Workers Bar Association and the Workers Compensation Alliance, organizations focusing on workers compensation issues in New York. Mr. Gruber is a Past President and serves on the Board of Directors of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group, a national organization dedicated to protecting the rights of injured workers. He regularly lectures on workers compensation law to various labor organizations. Mr. Gruber was named to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Workers’ Compensation for 2021-2023.

Contact: +1 (855) 577-3351

Neil Diegelman

Firm: Goldberg Segalla

665 Main St , Buffalo , New York 14203 Zip code: 14203

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Neil Diegelman focuses his practice on the defense of a wide range of workers’ compensation claims. His experience includes gathering claimant testimony; conducting depositions of medical and other experts; handling hearings before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board; drafting and submitting appeals, rebuttals, and memoranda; and negotiating and drafting settlement agreements. Neil’s varied legal background includes working as a hearing attorney with New York State's Special Funds Conservation Committee. He also has experience litigating personal injury matters (on behalf of plaintiffs) and has worked with an e-discovery company to provide strategic review of litigation and documents relating to class action lawsuits involving pharmaceutical, securities, and tort law.. Neil graduated cum laude from the University at Buffalo Law School, where he was an editor of its Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy and Environmental Law Journal. He also held an internship with the City of Buffalo’s Law Department.

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Meghan Kearns

Firm: Goldberg Segalla, LLP

200 Garden City Plz Ste 520 , Garden City , New York 11530 Zip code: 11530

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Meghan Kearns focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. She manages matters from start to finish, working with clients from case opening through settlement or trial to efficiently resolve claims disputes. Meghan is experienced in discovery research, pre-trial document preparation, motion drafting, and pre-trial and settlement conferences.. Previously, Meghan worked as a legal fellow in Washington D.C. to Congressman Joe Wilson, and then to Congresswoman Claudia Tenney. While on Capitol Hill, she met with constituents and foreign diplomats, conducted in-depth case law research, and drafted documents in accordance with the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.. As a student at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Meghan served as an Articles Editor on the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Law Journal. In addition, her note, “Getting the Gold But Losing the Money: Taxing Olympic Cash Prizes,” was published in the Willamette University Sports Law Journal.

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Melanie Wojcik

Firm: Hamberger & Weiss

107 Delaware Avenue , Buffalo , New York 14202 Zip code: 14202

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

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Nairobi Vives

Firm: Goldberg Segalla

8 Southwoods Boulevard , Albany , New York 12211 Zip code: 12211

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Nairobi Vives defends clients in complex workers’ compensation litigation before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. She has a broad legal background, with experience in matters involving construction, employment claims, environmental law, and real property. In addition, Nairobi spent two years as Associate Counsel in the New York State Assembly, where she advised Assembly Speakers and Committee Chairs on legal matters concerning legislation, program development, and budgeting.. Nairobi is a cum laude graduate of Albany Law School, where she was a member of the Albany Government Law Review and the Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trial winner for “Best Oral Advocate.” She also held a judicial externship in the Albany Law Clinic & Justice Center with the Hon. Lawrence Kahn in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.

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Michael Catallo

Firm: Rella & Associates

16 New Broadway , Sleepy Hollow , New York 10591 Zip code: 10591

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Michael J. Catallo is a Senior Attorney at Rella & Associates. Mr. Catallo has been practicing law for over 10 years and has earned a reputation for aggressive litigation on behalf of injured workers in New York and Federal Workers’ Compensation, New York City and New York State disability Retirement matters, and General Municipal Law 207 disability benefits. Additionally, he has successfully represented countless applicants in Social Security Administrative hearings. Mr. Catallo’s disciplined style has yielded positive results for claimants in the Workers’ Compensation arena, including six figure settlements, and favorable permanency awards. He actively pursues disability retirement, as well as 207-c and 207-a benefits on behalf of the clients he represents, including all aspects of litigation, as well as filing Article 78s and Appellate Briefs. He proudly represents the hard working people of New York, including Correction Officers, Police, Officers, Firefighters, Carpenters, DPW, truck drivers, teachers, and anyone that is injured while working. He was recognized as a “Rising Star” in the field of Workers Compensation in 2017, 2018, and 2019 for New York State Super Lawyers.. Mr. Catallo graduated from St John’s Law School in 2011 and Fairfield University with a degree in Bachelor Science in 2005.

Contact: +1 (914) 444-2707

Mindy McDermott

Firm: Law Firm of Alex C. Dell, PLLC

450 New Karner Rd , Albany , New York 12205 Zip code: 12205

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

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Michael Gilbert

Firm: Gilbert, Blaszcyk & Milburn, L.L.P.

440 Waverly Avenue , Patchogue , New York 11772 Zip code: 11772

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Mr. Gilbert is originally from New York City and has resided in Suffolk County since 1973.. Mr. Gilbert has a bachelor’s degree from Queens College and attended law school at Touro College School of Law.. Mr. Gilbert has worked for the New York State Workers' Compensation Board, the Utica Mutual Insurance Company and has been representing injured workers since 1986, resulting in over 30 years experience in the workers’ compensation system. He is a member of the New York Injured Workers Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association. Mr. Gilbert's practice is limited exclusively to the representation of injured workers, volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers before the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.. Mr. Gilbert is married with two children and one grandchild. He is a baseball, football, hockey, and basketball fan.

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Maureen Tighe

Firm: Martin, Harding & Mazzotti, LLP

1 Wall Street , Albany , New York 12205 Zip code: 12205

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Maureen was raised in Geneva, New York. At the end of her junior year in high school, she enrolled in the early admissions program at a nearby community college. After graduation, she took a seven-year hiatus to begin a family. In 1983, the untimely death of a childhood friend inspired her to return to college. “What was planned to be a two-year commitment turned into a seven-year adventure. I enrolled in an Introduction to Law course and was hooked. I attended school during the day and worked fulltime nights and weekends. As a single parent, I wanted to set an example for my son that through hard work and perseverance, dreams do come true.”. Maureen graduated Cum laude from Russell Sage College in 1987 and then went on to earn her law degree from Albany Law School of Union University in 1990. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1991.. Maureen has focused on Workers’ Compensation Law since 1992. As of 1998, she has represented solely the injured worker. “It has been very gratifying to have helped hundreds of people whose lives have been turned upside down as the result of an unexpected work injury. I was therefore thrilled when invited to join the law firm of Martin, Harding & Mazzotti, LLP in August of 2008 since the level of personal commitment to the needs of the client is outstanding.”. Maureen is a member of the Injured Workers’ Bar Association, the Albany County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

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